81 FR 78839 - Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 217 (November 9, 2016)

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a public meeting of the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council (Council). A Federal advisory committee, the Council was created in part to foster partnerships to enhance public awareness of the importance of aquatic resources and the social and economic benefits of recreational fishing and boating in the United States. This meeting is open to the public, and interested persons may make oral statements to the Council or may file written statements for consideration.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78839-78840]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27042]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-FAC-2016-N183; FF09F42300-FVWF97920900000-XXX]


Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 
public meeting of the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council 
(Council). A Federal advisory committee, the Council was created in 
part to foster partnerships to enhance public awareness of the 
importance of aquatic resources and the social and economic benefits of 
recreational fishing and boating in the United States. This meeting is 
open to the public, and interested persons may make oral statements to 
the Council or may file written statements for consideration.

DATES: The meeting will take place Tuesday, November 29, 2016, from 
10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) and Wednesday, November 30, 
2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For deadlines and directions on 
registering to attend the meeting, submitting written material, and/or 
giving an oral presentation, please see ``Public Input'' under 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Department of the Interior, 
North Penthouse Conference Room, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 
20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Bohnsack, Council Coordinator, 
Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, 5275 Leesburg Pike, 
Mailstop FAC, Falls Church, VA 22041; telephone (703) 358-2435; fax 
(703) 358-2487; or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the requirements of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., we announce that the 
Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council will hold a meeting.

Background

    The Council was formed in January 1993 to advise the Secretary of 
the Interior, through the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, on aquatic conservation endeavors that benefit recreational 
fishery resources and recreational boating and that encourage 
partnerships among industry, the public, and government. The Council 
represents the interests of the public

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and private sectors of the recreational fishing, boating, and 
conservation communities and is organized to enhance partnerships among 
industry, constituency groups, and government. The 18-member Council, 
appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, includes the Service 
Director and the president of the Association of Fish and Wildlife 
Agencies, who both serve in ex officio capacities. Other Council 
members are directors from State agencies responsible for managing 
recreational fish and wildlife resources and individuals who represent 
the interests of saltwater and freshwater recreational fishing, 
recreational boating, the recreational fishing and boating industries, 
recreational fisheries resource conservation, Native American tribes, 
aquatic resource outreach and education, and tourism. Background 
information on the Council is available at http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc.

Meeting Agenda

    The Council will hold a meeting to consider issues affecting 
recreational fishing and boating programs on federal lands. An 
abbreviated list of planned agenda items include:
     An update on the effects of the Fixing America's Surface 
Transportation (FAST) Act on Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust 
Fund grant programs and other updates from the Services' Wildlife and 
Sport Fish Restoration Program;
     An update and discussion regarding the Council's proposed 
pilot project to improve the efficiency of federal agencies' permitting 
processes associated with boating infrastructure projects (e.g., boat 
dock replacement and maintenance, boat ramp construction and 
maintenance);
     An update on the joint effort by the Sport Fishing and 
Boating Partnership Council, Recreational Boating and Fishing 
Foundation, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service to develop performance metrics for Recreational 
Boating and Fishing Foundation (RBFF) with its implementation of the 
National Outreach and Communication Program;
     An update from the RBFF;
     A discussion and development of the Council's 
recommendations of priorities for Department of the Interior agencies 
fishing and boating programs for the future;
     An update on the status of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service's Fish and Aquatic Conservation Program;
     Other miscellaneous Council business and programmatic 
updates.
    The final agenda will be posted on the Internet at http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc.

Public Input

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                                              Then you must contact the
                                              Council Coordinator  (see
              If you wish to                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
                                               CONTACT) no later than
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Attend the meeting........................  Wednesday, November 23,
                                             2016.
Submit written information or questions     Wednesday, November 23,
 before the meeting for the council to       2016.
 consider during the meeting.
Give an oral presentation during the        Wednesday, November 23,
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Attendance

    The Council meeting will be held at the North Penthouse, Department 
of the Interior, Main Interior Building, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, 
DC 20240. Signs will be posted to direct attendees to the specific 
conference room.

Submitting Written Information or Questions

    Interested members of the public may submit relevant information or 
questions for the Council to consider during the meeting. Written 
statements must be received by the date listed above in ``Public 
Input,'' so that the information may be made available to the Council 
for their consideration prior to the meeting. Written statements must 
be supplied to the Council Coordinator in one of the following formats: 
One hard copy with original signature, and one electronic copy via 
email (acceptable file formats are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS 
PowerPoint, or rich text file).

Giving an Oral Presentation

    Individuals or groups requesting to make an oral presentation 
during the meeting will be limited to 2 minutes per speaker, with no 
more than a total of 30 minutes for all speakers. Interested parties 
should contact the Council Coordinator, in writing (preferably via 
email; see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), to be placed on the public 
speaker list for this meeting. To ensure an opportunity to speak during 
the public comment period of the meeting, members of the public must 
register with the Council Coordinator. Registered speakers who wish to 
expand upon their oral statements, or those who had wished to speak but 
could not be accommodated on the agenda, may submit written statements 
to the Council Coordinator up to 30 days subsequent to the meeting.

Meeting Minutes

    Summary minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Council's 
Designated Federal Officer (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) and 
will be available for public inspection within 90 days of the meeting 
and will be posted on the Council's Web site at http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc.

    Dated: October 25, 2016.
Stephen Guertin,
Deputy Director.
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